Tip on getting races off rear hubs

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Broke down some steel trailing arms recently and as often happens, the bearing broke and left the inner race stuck on the hub.

It's tempting to apply lots of heat (which can damage the hub) and think it will drop off, or grind it down enough to weaken it, which has its own consequences. the real problem is that there's very little to grab onto.

This way seemed to work well for me: Using an oxy-mapp (or just mapp) set-up, heat the ring maybe 5 seconds each stop working around the ring. Spray with PB Blaster. Insert a drive shaft backwards through the hub and put the combo in a vice. With a long, large screwdriver against the small lip of bearing, one quick tap with a hammer and it's maybe 3-4 mm away from the base of the hub.

Using a basic puller, the race ought to come right off. What's nice about using the drive shaft is the very tip has an inverse cone that will accept the puller bolt with cone at the end.